animar = to encouragetransitive verb

animar

English Translation of ANIMAR

Examples of ANIMAR

unas flores la animaránsome flowers will cheer her upuna sonrisa de ilusión animaba sus ojosan excited smile brightened the look in her eyesun humorista animó la veladaa comedian livened up or enlivened the eveninghabía pancartas animando al equipo nacionalthere were banners cheering on the national teamte estaré animando desde las gradasI'll be rooting for you or cheering you on from the crowdanimar a alguien a hacer or a que haga algoto encourage somebody to do somethingesas noticias nos animaron a pensar que ...that news encouraged us to think that ...ignoramos las razones que lo animaron a dimitirwe are unaware of the reasons for his resignation or the reasons that led him or prompted him to resignme animan a que sigathey're encouraging or urging me to carry onnecesito una copa para animarmeI need a drink to cheer me or myself up